U-20 African Cup of Nations 2011 / qualification

To qualify for the U-20 African Cup of Nations in 2011 , 24 African junior national football teams were drawn in pairings, each of which is played in a home and away leg. 15 teams received a bye for the preliminary round of qualification. Eight teams including the host took part in the final round. First of all, the final round was supposed to take place in Libya and Libya was automatically qualified as host. After unrest broke out in Libya in the spring of 2011, the tournament was moved to South Africa and the team from South Africa that had been eliminated in the qualification took part as a substitute host instead of Libya.

The qualifying games took place from April 2010.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round of qualifications took place from April 16 to 18, 2010 (first legs) and April 30 to May 2, 2010 (second legs). The teams from Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Rwanda, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin, Gambia, Sudan, Zambia, Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Angola and Morocco had a bye for the first game.

game	Team 1	Result	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
1/2	Central African Republic	7: 1	DR Congo	3-0	4: 1
3/4	Guinea	2: 2	Togo	0: 1	2: 1
5/6	Mauritius	Retreat Comoros	Comoros
7/8	Uganda	Withdrawal Ethiopia	Ethiopia
9/10	Senegal	1-0	Tunisia	1-0	0-0
11/12	Lesotho	7: 2	Mozambique	6: 1	1: 1
13/14	Eritrea	Retreat Eritrea	Kenya
15/16	Malawi	3: 5	Tanzania	2: 2	1: 3
17/18	Sierra Leone	2: 1	Algeria	2-0	0: 1
19/20	Namibia	Zimbabwe retreat	Zimbabwe
21/22	Equatorial Guinea	1: 4	Gabon	0: 3	1: 1
23/24	Chad	7: 4	Burundi	5-0	2: 4

1 round

The first round games took place from July 23rd to 25th, 2010 and August 6th to 8th, 2010.

game	Team 1	Result	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
25/26	Cameroon	5: 1	Central African Republic	4-0	1: 1
27/28	Republic of the Congo	3: 2	Rwanda	2-0	1: 2
29/30	Nigeria	2: 1	Guinea	2-0	0: 1
31/32	Zambia	2: 3	Mauritius	1-0	1: 3
33/34	Egypt	2: 1	Uganda	2-0	0: 1
35/36	Morocco	1: 3	Senegal	0: 2	1: 1
37/38	South Africa	2: 3	Lesotho	0: 2	2: 1
39/40	Sudan	0: 3	Kenya	0: 2	0: 1
41/42	Ivory Coast	2: 1	Tanzania	1-0	1: 1
43/44	Gambia	4: 1	Sierra Leone	4: 1	0-0
45/46	Ghana	5: 1	Namibia	4-0	1: 1
47/48	Benin	4: 2	Burkina Faso	0-0	4: 2
49/50	Angola	2: 3	Gabon	2-0	0: 3
51/52	Mali	4-0	Chad	2-0	2-0

2nd round

The games of the second round were played from September 22nd to 26th, 2010 and October 22nd to 24th, 2010.

game	Team 1	Result	Team 2	First leg	Return leg
53/54	Republic of the Congo	0: 3	Cameroon	0: 1	0: 2
55/56	Mauritius	1: 4	Nigeria	0: 2	1: 2
57/58	Senegal	1: 3	Egypt	1-0	0: 3
59/60	Kenya	0: 1	Lesotho	0: 1	0-0
61/62	Gambia	2-0	Ivory Coast	1-0	1-0
63/64	Benin	1: 6	Ghana	0: 2	1: 4
65/66	Mali	3: 2	Gabon	3: 1	0: 1

The seven winners qualified for the finals.

Web links

• Orange African Youth Championship 2011 - Qualifiers